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Taking Hunger Seriously: Are YOU Morally Obligated to Help Desperately Poor Children?

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1.2 billion people live in ‘absolute poverty,’“a condition of life so characterized by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonably definition of human decency” (Robert McNamara, World Bank).

“Six million children--and even more adults--dieunnecessarily every year. Good people all over the world are doing their best to save them. You can too” (TIME magazine, Nov. 7, 2005)

If there are (a) very bad things happening, (b) there is something that we can do that will prevent some of these bad things from happening and (c) we can do these things without sacrificing something of comparable moral significance, then we are morally obligated to do so (and it’s wrong not to).

If there are (a) very bad things happening, (b) there is something that we can do that will prevent some of these bad things from happening and (c) we can do these things without sacrificing something of comparable moral significance, then we are morally obligated to do so.

(a) There are very bad things happening (e.g., children starving, etc.)

(b) We can do something to prevent some of these bad things from happening (e.g., by donating).

If there are (a) very bad things happening, (b) there is something that we can do that will prevent some of these bad things from happening and (c) we can do these things without sacrificing something of comparable moral significance, then we are morally obligated to do so.

(a) There are very bad things happening (e.g., children starving, etc.)

(b) We can do something to prevent some of these bad things from happening (e.g., by donating).